The Sarit Centre

Contact: Mr. Peter Moll, Public Affairs Co-ordinator

P.O.Box 14474-00800,
Nairobi, Kenya

Phone: +254 20 374-7408
Fax: +254 20 374-7806
Email: info@N0SPAM.saritcentre.com
Web: http://www.saritcentre.com

The Sarit Centre is Kenya’s first, biggest and busiest shopping mall. Opened in 1983, it is located in the affluent suburb of Westlands of Nairobi. It’s “City Within A City” concept of providing everything under one roof has since irrevocably changed retailing patterns and spurred shopping mall development throughout East Africa.

Westlands is a dynamic commercial growth-centre three-km from the capital’s central business district, at the axis of a road network to the affluent western and northern residential suburbs, which make up the Centre’s catchment area. Nairobi’s population exceeds 3 million people.

Of additional significance is the fact that The Sarit Centre is located just off Waiyaki Way, as this stretch of the dual-carriage All-Africa Highway to western Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Zaire is named after an early Kikuyu leader.

The Sarit Centre now offers 250,000 sq.ft. of fully-serviced leased space (totally built-up area 500,000 sq.ft. on six levels) providing a carefully controlled tenant "mix" of supermarkets, shops, service outlets, offices, and entertainment.

A two-screen, 300 seat cinema, a health club with swimming pool, a 1,500 sq.ft. food court, included in Phase Two of construction is augmented by cafes and a new international exhibition centre.

A busy calendar of trade shows, cultural and community events, shopping promotions, including the popular Christmas promotion, Stick & Win!, is a major component of the Centre’s marketing strategy.

Shopper traffic currently averages nearly 20,000 daily, having doubled with the opening of the Uchumi Hyper-Market and additional shops and other facilities constructed in Phase Two. Traffic peaks at over 40,000 shoppers in a single day on the 24th December, Christmas Eve.

Effectively, The Sarit Centre is an inter-active shopping mall offering one-stop access to a complete range of supermarkets, stores, service outlets, entertainment, and professional and medical facilities unrivalled elsewhere in Kenya.